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Michael Feinstein saves the Great American Songbook.

Singer, pianist and musical preservationist Michael Feinstein, 54, is our country’s foremost expert on the music of the Great American Songbook, popular music from the days of Tin Pan Alley and old Broadway. Feinstein has channeled his love of this music into Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook, a three-part series on PBS premiering on Oct. 6, and continuing the following two Wednesdays. The series documents Feinstein’s efforts to preserve music that often came close to being lost, and includes performances and anecdotes about many of music’s greats. … Back to Article

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